Harnessing Quality for Global Competitiveness in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by Jean-Louis Racine
English | May 30, 2011 | ISBN: 0821385097 | 360 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
Standards are everywhere, yet go mostly unnoticed. They define how products, processes, and people interact, assessing these entities’ features and performance and signaling their level of quality and reliability. They can convey important benefits to trade, productivity, and technological progress and play an important role in the health and safety of individual consumers and the environment.